Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May 4, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Sparq IT Services (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (https://sparqitservices.com) or use our services.
This policy applies to information we collect:
- On our website
- Through email, text, and other electronic communications
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services
Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data. By accessing or using our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy policy.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Information
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- Identity Data: Name, job title, company name
- Contact Data: Email address, phone number, physical address
- Professional Data: Employment history, educational background, skills, and qualifications (when you apply for a job)
- Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services
- Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences
2.2 Collection Methods
We collect information through:
- Direct interactions: When you fill in forms, correspond with us, apply for jobs, or otherwise provide us with your personal information
- Automated technologies: As you navigate through our website, we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns
- Third parties: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, such as analytics providers, advertising networks, and search information providers
2.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
Types of cookies we use:
- Essential cookies: Required for the operation of our website
- Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website
- Functionality cookies: Enable us to personalize our content for you
- Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
3. How We Use Your Information
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
3.1 Legitimate Business Purposes
- To provide and maintain our services
- To notify you about changes to our services
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our services
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services
- To monitor the usage of our services
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
3.2 With Your Consent
- To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer
- To process job applications
- To communicate with you about our services
3.3 Legal Obligations
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Sparq IT Services
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public
4. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
5. Data Security
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.
6. Data Disclosure
We may disclose your personal information in the following situations:
6.1 Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service (“Service Providers”), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Examples of service providers include:
- Hosting providers
- Analytics services
- Email service providers
- Payment processors
6.2 Business Transfers
If Sparq IT Services is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
6.3 Legal Requirements
We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Sparq IT Services
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service
- Protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
7. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to India and process it there.
Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Sparq IT Services will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
8.1 Rights of Access, Correction, Erasure, and Restriction
You have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Request erasure of your personal data
- Object to processing of your personal data
- Request restriction of processing your personal data
- Request transfer of your personal data
- Withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your personal data
8.2 How to Exercise Your Rights
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).
8.3 Time Limit to Respond
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 16 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.
You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Sparq IT Services
Email: info@sparqitservices.com
Phone: +91 9935575194
Address: 364 Kishan Bhavan 2nd Floor, Mishrpur Kursi Road, Near SS Grand Hotel, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Website: https://sparqitservices.com
13. Governing Law
This privacy policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any disputes relating to this policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
